Richard Jefferson vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet and Richard Jefferson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Richard Jefferson played 17 years in the NBA, 8 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 9. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Fred VanVleet had his rookie season in 2016-17. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Richard Jefferson	Fred VanVleet
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
difference:	+42	+16.4	+6.5	+1.0	+1.6	+2.6	+0.9	+0.4	+0.5	-1.0	-1.7	+2.3	+4.5	+.106	+0.1	+0.1	+.147	+1.9	+2.8	+.105
Fred VanVleet	37	7.9	2.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.1	3.0	.351	0.3	0.8	.379	0.5	0.6	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550
difference:	+13	+18.0	+5.0	+0.8	+3.7	+4.5	+0.7	+0.5	+0.5	-1.2	-1.6	+1.8	+4.4	+.202	+0.3	+0.6	+.400	+1.7	+3.0
Fred VanVleet	7	4.1	2.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	.667	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Richard Jefferson	Fred VanVleet
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	82	38.2	18.5	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	6.8	13.6	.498	0.6	1.6	.364	4.4	5.7	.763
difference:	+18	+10.7	+7.5	+1.0	+2.0	+3.1	+1.0	+0.2		-1.1	-1.0	+3.0	+4.2	+.088	+1.2	+3.0	+.014	+2.9	+3.9	+.080
Fred VanVleet	64	27.5	11.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.8	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.8	9.4	.410	1.8	4.6	.378	1.5	1.8	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	41.6	19.8	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	3.2	6.0	14.4	.418	0.8	3.0	.273	7.0	9.8	.713
difference:	+13	+16.9	+11.8	+1.0	+3.6	+4.6	+1.2	+0.5	+0.4	-3.0	-1.2	+3.3	+7.5	+.026	+0.8	+1.1	+.115	+6.0	+8.5	+.061
Fred VanVleet	24	24.7	8.0	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.0	2.7	6.9	.392	1.6	4.1	.388	1.0	1.3	.774

Season 6
	Richard Jefferson	Fred VanVleet
Season	2006-07	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733
difference:	+10	+2.3	+4.0	+0.2	+0.3		+4.0	+1.1	+0.4	-0.4	-0.3	+1.3	+4.8	+.053	+2.8	+7.3	+.018	+1.3	+2.5	+.141
Fred VanVleet	65	37.9	20.3	0.7	3.8	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	2.6	2.5	6.8	16.9	.403	3.7	9.9	.377	3.0	3.4	.874
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924
difference:	+8	+5.8	+5.9	+0.2	+2.8	+2.6	+4.0	+1.0	+0.6	-1.3	-1.0	+2.0	+0.5	+.130	+1.9	+5.7	+.008	+3.8	+4.0	+.091
Fred VanVleet	4	35.0	13.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.3	1.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.8	13.5	.352	3.0	9.0	.333	1.3	1.5	.833